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Begonia Mystery

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  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    It's often a case of trial and error @bernadettemarlow28 when starting out.
    But we're all here to help anytime you need it :)



    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    If you have some tubers you can keep those for next year,  but if they are plugs then probably not. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Lyn said:
    If you have some tubers you can keep those for next year,  but if they are plugs then probably not. 
    That’s good news ! When the seasons over I’ll be back here asking how I store them etc etc etc
    ( king of Siam ) 😁
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Pete.8 said:
    It's quite likely that your little plants are settling in.
    Now they have been planted out their roots have no bounds, so they are probably concentrating on growing a strong root system. Once they've done that, they'll concentrate on growth above ground.

    They may also have been set back a little if they were being cossetted indoors, then planted out without being hardened off for 10 days or so before being planted out.

    Welcome to the forum btw :)
    Thank you very much for the welcome 🤗 I did indeed cosset them 😆….the begonia tubers are starting to come along lovely..no flowers yet 🤷🏻‍♀️…but I didnt start them off early enough from what I’ve since read….
    I wouldn’t worry about planting the begonia tubers too late.  In my own experience plants have a habit of catching up when the conditions are right - warmth, water and daylight.  Better late than too early, when they would sit in cold wet soil, not root and eventually rot.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I’m confused now,  twice the OP said they were plug plants,  now they’re tubers🤔
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Pete.8Pete.8 Posts: 11,340
    The 2 main types of garden begonia are-

    Begonia semperflorens (fibrous rooted begonias) - these are small plants (about 10") that have no tubers and produce small flowers.

    Tuberous Begonia are the ones that grow from a tuber about 2" across (similar to a bulb) - these ones produce the huge blousy double blooms


    Billericay - Essex

    Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
    Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
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